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Published on July 17th 2009
Punknews sure was stoked when Dear Landlord announced the release of their debut Dream Homes; almost every news story was littered with off-topic, bearded and/or drunken comments drooling over the band's infectious choruses and their three proverbial, punk rock chords. In the words of my conscious colleague Brian Shultz: "You'd think 24 Hour Revenge Therapy just dropped." The hype really isn't warranted and could serve only to ultimately fuck Dear Landlord over like it did to the exclamatory Floridians (and once No Idea band) Against Me!. When looking at Dream Homes rationally, you have an incredibly engaging listen that wears Crimpshrine and Screeching Weasel influences proudly on its sleeves.
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billy was playing this at the triple rock one night and we stopped what we were talking about and listened. i will seek this record out. Super catchy, but impossible to listen to all the way through if you actually pay attention to the chord progressions. They are nearly identical throughout in every song. I think were good pretty well, though like mike said, sometimes it feels like the band couldn't think up another good rhyme and just said, "ah fuck it!" and used a lazy rhyme. I haven't heard any other record better this year. such a kick ass record!! Score is for the record jaw dropping melodic punk... love it, love it, love it! This album is so killer,easily my favorite of 09 so far. A World That We Never Made is my favorite song on the album. the union of Minneapolis and Chicago is nearing completion!!! "Better than the shook ones, that's for sure." Better than the shook ones, that's for sure. Fuzzy- Dream Homes > Make Sound @onegirlarmy Killtaker: It may appear in his year-end list because he personally enjoys the music. It received the score it did because the score is an objective rating of the album's technical merit. He recognizes that it's really nothing special or ground-breaking, he just happens to enjoy it quite a bit. This album didn't have enough breakdowns for mikexdouche, but it's okay. He loves his friends like family, and takes a stand with integrity. oh shit. i found the download code last night. it was in the record sleeve. This album didn't have enough breakdowns for mikexdouche, but it's okay. He loves his friends like family, and takes a stand with integrity. I agree Mike, good review, however I have to give it a solid 4 I have probably listened to this disc no stop for almost 3 weeks. Good Album. Good reviewer. Good review. Good. Not to be too critical but what I feel is really going on here is that mikexdude is trying to have it both ways. He loves this and raves about it but somehow is above everyone else who is praising it, therefore setting himself above the average listener. Maybe I'm wrong. 7/10 is a good score. Some of my favorite albums are technically 7's but I'd score a 754670876. When you review, you're writing to an audience of many different tastes and backgrounds, not writing a fan letter to the band. It's pop punk. I like the reused riffs from "Make Sound" best. Great record, horrible review. It's a solid debut full length, and a surprisingly good review. Good job sir. LOLzzz, score is for lintsay's comment. The hype around this is getting a bit tiresome, but I'll get over it because this is a good record. Mine came with a download code Berryman, and all that other shit anyone else keep waiting for The Misfits - Hate Breeders to kick in after track 2s guitar intro? Good album. You can definitely tell that there are members from the Copyrights involved. hospitals>this>from the bottom Love it. Your average record that you like is a 7/10. Unless you're Chris Moran - then it's an 11/10. Score is for the blowjob mikexdude's mom gave me last night. Dear Reviewer: This will be in your top ten but only has a score of 7/10...that is almost a failing grade this record is fucking amazing, i am stupid for not doing the no idea pre-order and not getting the bonus 7" Very good album. Top 10(so far) for sure. Better than From The Bottom, at the moment. Much better than any Copyrights. Listened to this constantly for about a week, which rarely happens with me. Definitely in my top 10 for this year so far. Fan-fucking-tastic. Very, very solid but not as good as From The Bottom...that shit is gold. anyone know if LP comes with download code? Good review Mike, even if I disagree on a few points. The hype is bad, it's true, but that's the internet. See gaslight, against me, etc. This thing for me is that this is a great fucking pop punk album, and a hell of a summer record. I don't know if it's fair to compare it to OWTH lyrically, it's not really a depressing or self deprecating record generally, it's a much more celebratory affair. We're punk and we like it songs. fuck that noise. Castevet is still #1 no doubt. but this is good. I liked the record a lot. Not album of the year and defiantly not in my top ten, but a good listen through and through. Blackjaw_x: I kind of disagree with you. You state that the stars are the "Objective rating of technical merit"? Record reviews are, by their very nature, subjective. If the star system is based on technical merit do you mean in terms of production, songwriting, musicianship, originality, some combination of these things, none of them, or what? If a record is packed with awesome songs shouldn't it get a high rating. I still can't listen to more than 5 songs of this without changing it. I understand why this album is a 'contender for album of the year' to most of the people on here, but it certainly doesn't come close for me. I guess this kind of stuff just isn't for me. I didn't go into it with any expectations either, besides hearing a few songs on their myspace before it came out and thinking it had potential to be a good record. nevermind, interpunk sez it does. stoked x2 excited to see them tonight and buy this record. anyone know if LP comes with download code? definitely want to play this all the way on the drive from caifornia to chicago, and my dashboard record player just broke Killtaker: It may appear in his year-end list because he personally enjoys the music. It received the score it did because the score is an objective rating of the album's technical merit. He recognizes that it's really nothing special or ground-breaking, he just happens to enjoy it quite a bit. notfeelingcreative, album of the year so far begins and ends with Aggrolites ( so far) we still have a few goodies left to come out tho-oldpunker- The song referred to as "Bong's" is really called Rosa. this record is fantastical. Oh, my world. It is ok. This record has been the soundtack to my ride to work for the past 2 weeks. So so good. "I like the Copyrights better." Dear Reviewer: This will be in your top ten but only has a score of 7/10...that is almost a failing grade. The thrust of your review is that this is a great record but gets a lower review because people are hyping it and it isn't worth the hype even though out of every record released this year it will be in the top ten of all releases. When I first heard this I just listened to it on repeat for days and days. Since then, I haven't been able to listen to the entire thing in one sitting. Contenderfor album of the year thus far in my opinion. Only 3 1/2 stars? Every time it ends I just wanna listen to it all over again. Love Love Love Love Love!!!!!! Probably the album I've played the most since I got it. I'm dying to see them live. Score is for "Goodbye to Oakland." Goddamn, I love that song. This is one of those records that snuck up and surprised me. I've heard of this band for over a year now and never checked them out. I can't find anything wrong with this. Surprised No Idea didn't sit on this record for 2 years like all their others. I like the Copyrights better. Score is for self reference. this record is awesome. very catchy, i like this better than OWTH actually. The hype around this is getting a bit tiresome, but I'll get over it because this is a good record. Super catchy, three-part vocals, fast songs, good times, this has it all...the fun of summer contained in 14 tracks of audio recordings... i really liked the chinese telephones split...havent heard much else good reason, and again, great, fun CD-oldpunker- Don't understand the low rating here, but whatever. This album rules and is everything it was hyped up to be - catchy, anthemic pop punk. Minneapolis wins again. hahahahah, mke, I've noticed you playing with smaller alliterations, congrats on finally getting a real one in there. great album! Love this, I hear alot of OWTH in this, or maybe its just me, who knows. What I do know is that its catchy as hell, good job guys-oldpunker- I'd give it an extra half-star, but pretty dead on. that sounds about right. it's a good album, and a great effort for a debut. it's certainly still in the top 5 of '09 for me in terms of passion, catchiness, and a few genuinely great songs. but certainly not the second coming of whatever. 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